Review: Antarctica (Sydney Chamber Opera, Asko|Schönberg, Sydney Festival)
Mary Finsterer's heart-stoppingly beautiful new opera is endlessly absorbing, sonically and visually.
Mary Finsterer's heart-stoppingly beautiful new opera is endlessly absorbing, sonically and visually.
As the world resets, Tognetti makes a compelling statement about the fragility of life on Earth in this concert with striking video imagery.
The world premiere of this new Australian opera – a work that prompts dread as well as wonder about humanity's relationship with the natural world – was an enormous triumph, artistically and logistically.
Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared is given an exquisite staging before a bold new work tears it to shreds in this intelligent and entertaining double bill from Sydney Chamber Opera.
Tonight's online premiere of four short operas by four Australian women composers is a major achievement for Australia's most inspirational modern opera company.
Gender-swap aside, this is an important, deeply moving opera at a time when we need to continue these conversations.
Anna Dowsley stuns as Lucretia in Kip Williams' deconstructed Britten.